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Notodanthonia remota (D. Morris) Linder, comb. nov. 
Basionym; Danthonia remota D. Morris, Muelleria 7; 160 (1990). 
Type:Tasmania: summit of Hibbs Pyramid, Buchanan 2878 (HO 91392, holo!) 
Notodanthonia richardsonii (Cashmore) Veldk. 
Notodanthonia setacea (R. Br.) Veldk. 
Notodanthonia tenuior (Steud.) Conert 
Acknowledgements 
This research was funded by the ABRS (Australia) and the FRD (South Africa). HPL 
would like to thank the AND and Australian National Herbarium CSIRO, Canberra, 
RBG Sydney, RBG Kew and LandCare, Christchurch for facilities and support. Thanks 
to Les Watson for encouragement and facilities, to Wendy Hitchcock for assistance, 
to Nigel Barker for access to his molecular data. Jef Veldkamp, Toby Kellogg, Surrey 
Jacobs, Mike Crisp and Bryan Simon made valuable comments on an earlier draft of 
the manuscript, Surrey Jacobs helped with fieldwork, and provided much assistance 
at the RBG Sydney. 
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